H'TETVFO'RD MAIL. TRTBTTXR. MI'DFORO. ORR'iOW THPRRIUY. .TANTARV IS. 1017
PAT1E THREE
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j SAI.EM.Oro., Jim. IS. With a
'view to iimkiiiK the mothers' pension
law a real Instrument for the preser
vation of the home, the Oregon Con
gress of Mothers and the Pureiil
(Toaehor association have prepared a
set of amendments to correct delects
in the present law. Those imend
jments, in the shape of a hill, ore
scheduled to he presented to the sen
ate this afternoon.
j To meet the situation arising from
a recent decree of the supreme court,
iiiB judges no discretionary power
jin the administration of the mothers'
pension law, the new amendments
would make the wordlns of the law
xceedlnKly specific. If a judge is to
;1ie allowed no discretion, say. the
'miners of the bill, they will make
t'.io provisions of the law such that
lie will need no discretionary powers.
'. Wlicu Itellef !mnUHl.
i The most striking of the proposed
Changes is the provision that relief
shall he granted to a mother only
hen in the absence or such relief
ehe would be required to work regu
larly away from her home and chil
jlreu, and when by means of such re
lief she will be enabled to remain at
liome.
? An exception is made that a
Stiother may be absent for work a
ilofinite number of days each wee-k,
o be specified in order of court,
y hen such work can he done by her
without the sacrifice of health or the
lieirleet of home or children.
other CliniiiifK Promised.
I Other proposed amendments to the
laws are that income of immediate
Members of a family shall be taken
iiulo consideration in determininc; the
amount of a pension, that the appli
cant's home shall not exceed in value
. $l.finn, tlial the amount of a bother's
' Income shall bo subtracted from the
amount of pension she should receive
If she had no Income, and that n
father mentally or physically incapa
citated from work must be removed
Jroni the home If he Is judged a men
Ice to tile health or morals of the
Children.
GRIST OF BILLS
STILL PILING UP
ENT
ON POWER LAWS
j WASHINGTON', Jan. J8. Presi
dent Wilson went to the cnpitol today
it nd ennt'erred in iiis room tiiere with
enulurs on the water power lc(rislu
jtinn, which he is anxious to have
passed at this session of congress.
One of the first he talked with was
Senator lunkhead. Yesterday lie
'conferred with house leaders and in
dicated .he would call a conference of
Senators and representatives inter
ested in the legislation.
I There are some radical difficulties
to he adjusted in the water power
'legislation now heinjr framed.
SALEM, Jan. 18.---The following
bills were introduced in the house
yesterday:
II. P. 111. by Martin Kxtendins
lien laws to horseshoeing debts.
II. It. 1 112, by Martin KxtewliiiR
lien laws to harvesting debts.
II. I!. 1K1, by Martin Kxtendin?
lien laws to labor performed in har
vest fields.
11. II. Il l, by Anderson I'roviilinpr
new code for hiiildiiijr and loan asso
ciation. II. 11. llo, by Slott Mukintr non
support of wife or children a felony.
11. II. 115, by Ktafrin To permit
summoning jurors by roistered mail
instead of personal service.
II. 11. 117,' by Clark Incrcasiiur
bounty on coyotes to .fit.
II. H. 118, by Deschutes delegation
Fixing salary of district attorney
of Deschutes county at ir'loOO a year.
II. H. J 19, by Thomas Makiup;
failure to pay alimony contempt of
court.
II. 15. l'JO, by Thomas To pro
hibit commercial fishing in Koe,ue
river.
II. n. 121, by Gore Milking school
attendance of children between nges
of 7 and It) years of ace compulsory.
II. 1!. J2'J, bv flore Fixing capital
stock of title guaranty compnnies and
title insurance companies according
to population.
II. 11. 12:!, by Howe F.mpowertng
count v courts lo establish sinking
fund fur payment of municipal bonds
when municipalities fail to do so.
II. II. 12-1, bv Hove Providing for
extension of district iiorl boundaries
beyond county limits.
II. 11. 12.1, by liciwc Limiting time
during which action inav be brought
to test validity of port district organization.
II. It. 12(1, bv Childs Advancing
salary of state printer from .$1801) to
$2100 a year, and providing for em
ployment of secretary of state print
ing hoard at $2-10(1 n year.
II. II. 127, by Tichenor 1'cnulizing
exposure of paroled prisoners.
BEAN ROAD BILL
ASKS UNITED STATES TO INVESTIGATE DEATH
OF HUSBAND, AMERICAN ATTACHE IN MEXICO
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FIGHT PI RUST
The I nitcil Mates at request ot .Mrs. I.nis it' Autiii, has ordeml in
vestigatJon of tlio mysterious dcnlli of her husband in Mexico. D'Anliii
wits fornierly chancellor of the I'nitc-d Stales embassy at -Mexico City.
Sirs, l.llis d'Antin and her late husband ale show n here.
U-BOAT FORCED SHORT HARVEST
SHIP TO FOLLOW! "SIGN OF GOD'
NEW YOHK, Jan. 1 S. Robert 1).
Wrenn, four times national lawn ten
uis champion and formerly a presi
dent ot the National Lawn Tennis as
sociation, gave out a statement today
endorsing the proposed amendments
to the amateur rule lo be voted upoa
at the annual meeting of the associa
tion on February 9. Mr. Wrenn says
in part:
"For a number of yeara there has
been a growing tendency for ftrontl
nent tennis players to enter the
sporting goods business. This is dis
puted, although persons who think
such a tendency entirely proper offer
ingenious explanations of it, in tho
effort to evade tho conclusion that
such an alliance between sport and
business Is wholly undesirable. They
say, for instance, that more people
play tennis now than fornierly, that
this increase requires an increased
sale of tenuis goods to supply them
and that this increased demand
makes jobs for tennis goods sales
men. All this strengthens the argu
ment of the executive council that
this is a growing evil, which must
ho curbed before It thoroughly com
mercializes tho game.
"Kinployment of prominent tennis
players by sporting goods houses Is
fundamentally wrong, ecausc hi most
cases they are paid for one. thing,
while In reality their value to tho I
employer comes because they do I
something entirely different. In
other words they are hired as sales
men, but their value arises primarily
from the advertisement which tho
sporting goods hottso gets out of the
players name. This is commercial
izing athletic fame, pure and simple."
PORTLAND DEALERS
! FIX BUTTER PRICES
i SALEM, Ore., .Ian. IS. Follow
ing open charges that the Portland
produce exchnnge fixed the price of
butter and butter fnt, regardless of
the law of supply and demand, Ore
gon country creamery managers In
session hero today Btarted an investi
gation of the situation. A commit
tee of three was named to wait on
the Portland concern and other
"qualified interests," and attempt a
LONDON, Jan. IS. Lloyd's an
nounces that the llrilish steamship
Attchen, 301(1 Ions; llio sailing ship
Kinpumey, and the Danish sleamer
Omsk, l.'T-l tons, have been sunk.
II was also announced that the
dan to harmonize the country and
SALEM, Ore., Jan. IS. The roads
end highways committee of the house
is solidly back of the Mean bill to
provide funds by bond Issues with
which to make up any deficiency that
may arise in the road fund of the
state over and above the amount
needed to meet the federal aid offer
ed by the Shackelford bill.
The Sliackelford bill, under Its
terms, -will furnish about $1, SOU, 000
for the consideration of Oregon roads
under the coming five years, pro
vided Oregon meets it half way and
spends dollar for dollar with it in
joint road construction.
Tho Dean hill provides in sub
stance that, should the state highway
commission, or whatever body is en
trusted by law with the handling of
road work in Oregon find at any lime
that not sufficient funds are avail
able, so that the state could meet the
terms of the Shackelford bill, the
board of control would be authorized
to meet the deficiency by the authori
zation and issuance of sufficient
bonds.
Tho house committee on road and
highways held a meeting this after
noon and unanimously voted to re
port the liean hill at tomorrow morn
ing's session.
LONDON1, Jan. 18. Dr. Rocsike,
president of the Cicrman Farmers'
j union, is quoted in an Amsterdam dis
; patch to lietifer's as saying in an ad
! dress to t tie Schlcswig-Wolstciu
; union :
i "ii, . .1 t,.,u ..;,-,.n 'u ( i,;., t ti,.
Garfield, a llrilish sleamer of J.'w-l i ,,,, , hyy nUp wor)(1 tu ,K, so
tons, hud been sent to the boll,, in. j ,,i tm 0 i--n t Britain finds it dil'i'i
A stenmer has arrived in port w ith j cult to feed herself. Therefore, if
eighty-four members of the crews of j we do not prevent the wheat-laden
the Auehencrag. Amsk and Kinpur- j ships from Australia and lndin
ncy. The sleamer was forced to fol-j reaching; liriliiin it is doubtful
low the Ciermn'u submarine from ,Ian- j whether Ood will again give us such
nary '! to Jiuttiary Hi, when the ves-jan oppnrlitnity, because He demands
sel was ordered to discharge licrMliut the hand shall be seized which
I of Delaware. The treasurer re-elect-;
cd is John l. .Icnks, editor of the
! Army and Navy Journal,
j Thi' creation of a national forestry
reserve, embracing a highway be
tween Washington and liiiltiinore,
i was advocated.
Secretary Houston of the depart -Charles
nient of agriculture sent n coininuui-
wits cation to the senate urging an ap-
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.
Lathrop Pack of Cleveland, O.
re-elected president of the Aniet icuu propriatiou of !f'.lUU,00U for eradicn-
Vorcstry association here toduy. Xew (ion by the department of the whito
vice-presidents elected arc: ! pine "blister rust" infection. Much.
Mrs. Frances Folsotn Preston ol ' timber on northwestern torest 1 re-
New Jersey, and T. Coleman DuPont 1 serves is open to the infection. , ,i
Its TURKISH blend-
delicately balanced-
makes JbAHMAS
s 5f 71T n
'Sift's
5f7ir wm At
F
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Willi tlto excpption
of tho crew of
crews of the
saved.
t' lour hhmlImts
I lo si ivlclic's nut lo us
I In1 Auclu'ucrnq- Ihc :
vessels sunk wore ; I
CONSULTS KAISER ON
AUSTRIAN FOOD CRISIS'
city cronuitM ios. Tho country cream
er f men pay if the city managers do
not moot thorn half way. war would
be declared. The meetinR was attend
ded by John D. Mlcklo, state dairy
and food oommipsionpr. who advised
tho ereuniprymen that they feprcsent
three-fourths of the butter output In
the state, "t'nder present ronditions"'
he told them, "you have a right to
doubt whether you will Ptay In busi
ness a jear or two longer. "
USE MAIL INSTEAD DEPUTY
SHERIFF TO SERVE JURORS
; PU.ICM. Ore., Jan. IS. -A bill was
introduced in the house of the Ore
ron kRlplature today to prohibit
secret pension; of any' or all fitate
noa'd? and I'omiiil.lons. Itepresrn
Jative Jones said foinc boards were
ijr.elfni; behind flowed doors and he
idoired to have the law read that all
liiirii meettnfi Khoiild be bpen to the
hoiipo.
Hopresenliilive Conrad Hlafrin in
ttrothiced a bill in the house, author
iin r'-c-iff to sumniou jurorfi by
';ro.Ti.strr', n'ail. lie offerod H as ar
vonomy niea.sure, declaring that
many hundreds of dollars is paid out
Wiimally in niili-ape to deputfos. who
im'i-vc jurors In certain parts of the
'tate. ,
MOW YOHK, Jan. 18. A legisla
tive, inquiry to deterinino whether
tho moving pieltiro InduRtry is a
proper subject for .statu tax win
begun hero today by u eonnnUto'i of
ntnte Honatorf and nssemblymen. At
torneys for film lnterosts prottMt.ed
against, the Investigation on the
ground that It waa discriminatory.
Whilo all Information nonsiblo lias
been given, they said, they felt that
the Inquiry waa only for tho purpose
of finding out. how much money was
made ana or taxing tho industry ac
cordingly. They held that it woul.l
bo. just na fair to Investigate news
papers, magazines and groceries,
Lee Ochs, president f the Motion
t I Pictures Kxhibitors league, wa'
'called as tho first witness. He lost I-
WASllIXflTdX, .Tim. IS. A roso-!fied there are about. I.JflO moving
luliuri ratifvinir jivreemeiits between picture theaters In the state. When
tho government and the states of! questioned regarding his profits, the
Mnho and Montann j witness said they could bo asccr-
MEDFORD COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
Vnilcr Xew MuniiKciuciit Offers Standard Courses hy Individ
ual Instruction and Class .Method In
fioOKKKKPlXfJ, VKNMAXSHIP, SIlOltTlIAXl), TYPKWItlTIXG,.
AltlTHMKTIC, Pit.VCTK'AI, KXGl.ISII,
SPKl.IilXCJ, V.TC.
fii-ailimtcs AftsistcU to Positions
Multo Early Reservations for Places.
KKE TIIK M.VNAGEK
Phone 31 X. Grnpo Sti-oet.
FROM THRtE STATES
LONDON', Jan. 1 ft. A Vienna dis
pnteh to Koiiler's by way of Amster
dam says that Premier ClaniMur-
tinio and Major General Holer, head j South Dakot
of the Austrian war feeding- depart- j for selection ot" public Innds for those tained in the corporation tax records,
ment, have left for Tterlin to di-?evis : withdrawn for forest reserves on np- Ho asserted the business is less of a
the fond question with the Oerraan j provnl by the eeretarv of the inter-(money maker than is generally sup
authorities, jnr, was adopted todav bv the senate." posed.
SAI-KM. Or., Jan. 3S. Amcn.1
ments tu tlio Oregon workmen's oom
penntiun law, muking it eompulory
li i r the .-tule, fMiuutie.-, school dis
tricts, irrig;iititm districts and port.-,
to operate under its provisions, nnd
giving the industrial accident eom
mission ahsolnte power to fix rates
in accordance to the degree of haz-1
urd, will be introduced into tho state
legislature soon, aecnrditiito stnte
ments made here today hy momber
of the accident commission, which fa
vms the action. Attorney fit iiera!
(tcorgo M. I'.rown is now eii'jai;etl in
draftimr the amendments.
SPANELL ON TRIAL
FOR KILLING WIFE
SAN ANOKI.O. Tex.. Jan. is.
Te-tiinonv was begun todav in the
case (if Harry J. Spanell of Alpine,
i-hnr.'cd with killing his wife anil
('oli.md M. ('. Hutl.T while the three
were automobile ritlitiu' Iat Julv, ,
m lira a iraw mi ri K
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S- Instant fosium !j
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Reo the new features: streamline hood; hirpo rad
iator and cncloicd fun: crown fender holh front
ii rid rear; all hlnck finish; nickel tl'hinnin','s; a
molor car of up-lo-datencsn, and every inch n
true Ford. And you are asked to buy the Ford
ear simply on the records of service and econ
omy (riven hy more than fifteen hundred thousand
Ford cars iti use alone; every line of demand. Tho
success of the car is your assurance of satisfac
tion. F.very owner of n Ford ear is certain of
prompt, courteous service the country over, for
travel where you will there's n Ford agent near
at hand. Touring Car .flfifl; Kunahotit $.11.")',
Ooupelct $."100; Town Car .foflo; Sedan .ffilj
f. 0. h. Detroit.
Easv terms.
C. E. GATES
Semi-Tropical
Southern California
CALIFORNIA with its nrniios, its Wintor
flowers, its lic.'iclics. its moinitiiin rcsnrls, its
tiinc-staincd missions, ils delight I'nl sunshine
and out-of-door lift' smvh- the call is irresis
tible in January. .
But a two days' journey away on daily trains
of the delightful
SHASTA ROUTE
Shasta Limited
California Express
San Francisco Express
You can secure tickets or complete
Information from any apont or writ a
JOHN M. SrOTT. ;'iiorl Passenger
Agent, Portland, Ore.
Southern Pacific Lines
Wh